There& #39;s so much ink on how Dems are worried about November because of the trauma of the 2016 election, which, yes. But I wish there& #39;d be more written about how it& #39;s also because we& #39;ve spent 4 years witnessing just how truly awful and nihilistic 40something% of the population is.

It& #39;s not JUST anxiety that the polls are wrong or that the electoral college will grant him a technicality. It& #39;s ALSO the enervating, gutting knowledge that nothing this abhorrent, contemptible garbage monster of a man does is Too Much for tens of millions of our fellow citizens.

There will be so much residual trauma to process whenever he& #39;s finally gone. I& #39;m still a humanist, and I& #39;ve never been naive about the dark depths of all humans ... but I feel straight-up *different* about people now. And it& #39;s not because of Trump. It& #39;s because of his supporters.

Trump is spewing demented conspiracy babble and insulting wounded veterans and won’t lose an inch of support and we’ll instead be subjected to a national argument over Nancy Pelosi getting a haircut in an empty salon.

How do you feel hopeful about ANYTHING in that environment?

For every pundit who holds a panel on Why Are Dems Losing Hope, I wish they would, at least for just a minute, acknowledge that they themselves are a huge part of the reason.